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Justice Is Better Than The Ritual

27 Sunday Sep 2015

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Today’s Reading: Mathew 5:6
Justice is more pleasing to God than a religious ritual, because justice is one aspect of the character of God. So when injustice prevails, God’s name is desecrated.

Who is the son of God; he is the son of justice. And if the “sons of justice” didn’t take care of the compliance of justice where they live and act, justice will increase its scope of action. Our lives should be guided by normal and known integrity and a sense of justice; and more than that, a burning desire of justice. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

Hunger and thirst for justice is not being “righteous” but to live every day under God’s principles and contribute to live under those principles that are around us. The child of God does not take justice into his own hands, but trusts in God and wait for His decision.

To trust God, who judges wisely, is not staying with arms crossed. We live according to the will of God and reject oppression, torture, violence, outrage, inequality, prejudice and other forms of injustice.

If in fact God’s justice reaches us through Christ, we will reflect in a natural way, by our conduct, the righteousness that God requires of man.

Ildefonso Torres

Emphasizing The Virtues

17 Monday Aug 2015

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Today’s reading: 2 Peter 1:5-7
We are not the first to write a history of wars, violence, crimes and injustice. All sins are old. If we look carefully, the world is not worse than it ever was. The problem is that we tend to exaggerate the defects and ignore the virtues. In a group of friends, the tendency is to talk about the shortcomings of each other. Very rarely will you hear someone highlight the virtues of the people.

Make today a commitment to yourself to see and praise the virtues of the people around you. A word of appreciation, an incentive, a thank you, are small things that can change the environment in which we live. The problems, disappointments, sufferings, however small, make us completely forget all the good that has happened to us.

God, who knows us very well, says many times in the Bible that we should be grateful, remembering his protection and provision. The exercise of gratitude requires us to look at the positive and good aspects of life and brings back confidence in a God who does not abandon us, whether in joy or in sorrow, in good or in bad times.

Ildefonso Torres